De Lisle College Loughborough Leicestershire
Thorpe Hill, Loughborough, LE11 4SQ
1,376 pupils · 105% of 1,308 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- ST THOMAS AQUINAS CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 16.4%
Ofsted
Good (2022) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 15 September 2022, published 2 November 2022. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 55.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 60% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 76.4% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 49.1% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.24 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 211 | 262 | 603 | 211 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 216 | 217 | 482 | 216 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 203 | 181 | 484 | 203 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 204 | 188 | 395 | 204 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 219 | 207 | 376 | 219 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 217 | 198 | 378 | 217 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 220 | 207 | 386 | 220 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 220 | 226 | 423 | 220 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Charnwood College 0.2 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Limehurst Academy 2 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Woodbrook Vale School 2.7 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Iveshead School 3.1 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Rawlins 5.3 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Humphrey Perkins School 6 km · No overall grade (2025)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.